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Sunday

Owlhaven — Sun, 27 May 2012 07:01:30 +0000

Giveaway: Dole Fruit Bites

Owlhaven — Sat, 26 May 2012 07:17:21 +0000

This weekend’s giveaway is a month’s supply of Dole Fruit Bites. These goodies are exceedingly yummy. All my kids enjoyed them and I was impressed by the natural ingredient list. I especially liked the yogurt-covered pineapple bites. Have you tried these? To enter to win a months’ supply, just comment below and tell me one [...]

Baby sweetness

Owlhaven — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:54:07 +0000

Weekend plans? Dessert, mainly

Owlhaven — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:21:22 +0000

The winner of the T-fal Actifry giveaway is commenter # 42, Cathy. I’ve also chosen a winner for the Crazy Consequences post– Sophie posted MANY good ideas and was the obvious choice there. Be sure to check out the comments in that post if you haven’t already– there are lots of good ideas now! And [...]

Toys I’m keeping for the grandkids

Owlhaven — Tue, 22 May 2012 17:17:27 +0000

Now that we have TWO grandbabies, I’ve been doing some thinking about the things I’d like to have around the house when they come to visit, to make things more comfortable and more fun for them. A couple years ago I stashed away a tub of infant toys and board books– it took me awhile [...]

Winning library books

Owlhaven — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:55:46 +0000

John and I have read to our kids at bedtime for all of our parenting career. These days, with so many teens, much of reading time is spent on chapter books. Most recently John has been reading Little Britches and Man of the Family with the kids, two books in a delightfully entertaining series that [...]

Sunday

Owlhaven — Sun, 20 May 2012 07:01:35 +0000

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Giveaway: T-fal Actifry

Owlhaven — Sat, 19 May 2012 07:05:18 +0000

This weekend I have an extra-awesome kitchen gadget giveaway for you. Click on over here to enter! © Mary Ostyn for Owlhaven, 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: `

Ascher’s Birth Day!

Owlhaven — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:08:23 +0000

Yesterday I had the amazing privilege of being with our oldest daughter and her husband at the birth of their first child, our precious little Ascher. He weighed 9 lbs 4 ounces, was born at home, and everyone is doing well. We are so thrilled– and more than a little surprised that he was exactly [...]

Diaper cover tutorial

Owlhaven — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:23:40 +0000

When cloth diapering my youngest kids, I loved the concept of the all-in-one diaper, but I had the best leak resistance using diapers and covers that were completely separate from each other. And the covers that worked best were the old fashioned nylon pants like these from Dappi. I always kept some around, but I [...]